Re: [exim] retry rules

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] retry rules
On 12/12/16 18:10, Joseph Kezar wrote:
> This is the rule I put in place on our relay server.
> Will this try immediate, if fail, try at the 2 min mark, and then
> retry 4, 8, 16 thereafter?
>
> Here is the rule:
> vermont.gov * F,2m,1m


No, for two reasons:

- The rule does something else. Read:


http://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-retry_configuration.html


- The rule does not force a retry, only gives permission
for a queue-runner process to retry. Read:

http://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-how_exim_receives_and_delivers_mail.html

section 14 onwards.

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Cheers,
Jeremy